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as in proponent
a person who actively supports or favors a cause
exponents of space exploration earnestly called for more missions to the outer reaches of the solar system
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as in practitioner
one who brings an art or science to full realization
has long reigned as the nation's leading exponent of modern dance
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Recent Examples of exponent
The single bit flip can increase the exponent value by 16.
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ArsTechnica, 14 July 2025
His sturdy Scottish exponent, James Mill, helped spread the Benthamite basics, while raising his son, John Stuart Mill, in no creed but that of utilitarianism.
—January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Specifically, your function has to be a polynomial—a combination of variables raised to whole-number exponents and multiplied by coefficients.
—Stephen Ornes, Wired News, 27 Apr. 2025
Finding Wiggle Room There is no fast, general purpose method for finding the minima of functions raised to high exponents.
—Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 24 Mar. 2025
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ArsTechnica, 14 July 2025
His sturdy Scottish exponent, James Mill, helped spread the Benthamite basics, while raising his son, John Stuart Mill, in no creed but that of utilitarianism.
—January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Specifically, your function has to be a polynomial—a combination of variables raised to whole-number exponents and multiplied by coefficients.
—Stephen Ornes, Wired News, 27 Apr. 2025
Finding Wiggle Room There is no fast, general purpose method for finding the minima of functions raised to high exponents.
—Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exponent
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Eide and other proponents of expanding hospitalization believe the administration could do even more.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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Closure of the bike path to undertake this project has drawn opposition from cycling proponents and West Sacramento Mayor Martha Guerrero.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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There were 1,320 conversion therapy practitioners operating across the country, 605 of whom were operating under professional licenses, according to a 2023 report by the Trevor Project.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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To then treat cancer, practitioners use large amounts of radiation to kill the cancer cells.—
Andrea Richard,
The Conversation,
2 Oct. 2025
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For years, advocates for expanding child birth options in Kentucky have called on lawmakers to reduce barriers to establishing freestanding birthing centers.—
Killian Baarlaer,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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No president has ever fired a commissioner, and many commissioners have been outspoken advocates for free speech.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Kotlyar works with physical data and on the team’s psychology as well as serving as an interpreter between coach Rafael Urazbakhtin and the team’s English-speaking players.—
Tomás Hill López-Menchero,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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Gardner had been photographing here for some two weeks, focusing mostly on the Indian groups, sometimes on the white traders, interpreters, or Peace Commission staff, and only occasionally on the peace commissioners themselves.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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Back in the 1920s, even the Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin called on his British supporters to affiliate with the Labour Party instead of fighting it.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
4 Oct. 2025
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No victims speak in court While the court heard several pleas from Combs’ supporters Friday, the victims who testified at trial were noticeably absent from the hearing.—
Nicki Brown,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Exponent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exponent. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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